APS - 2006 APS March Meeting - Session Index MAR06

Session A1: Quantum Properties of Superconducting Nanowires

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Nina Markovic, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore Convention Center - Ballroom IV

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A1.00001: Universal conductance of nanowires near the superconductor-metal quantum transition Invited Speaker: Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A1.00002: Suppression of superconductivity in zinc nanowires by bulk superconductors Invited Speaker: Mingliang Tian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A1.00003: Effects of a strong magnetic field on superconducting nanowires. Invited Speaker: Andrey Rogachev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A1.00004: Quantum phase slips with and without disorder Invited Speaker: Sergei Khlebnikov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A1.00005: Size Dependent Breakdown of Superconductivity in Ultra-Narrow Nanowires Invited Speaker: Konstantin Arutyunov Preview Abstract

Session A2: Magnetic-Ferroelectric Coupling in Multiferroics

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jeffrey Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Baltimore Convention Center - Ballroom III

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A2.00001: Multifunctional Multiferroics Invited Speaker: Sang-Wook Cheong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A2.00002: Magnetic Order and Spin Dynamics in Ferroelectric HoMnO$_3$ and TbMnO$_3$ Invited Speaker: Owen Vajk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A2.00003: Ferroelectricity in Incommensurate Magnets Invited Speaker: A. Brooks Harris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A2.00004: (H,T,P) Phase Diagrams in Multiferroics: RMnO$_{3}$, RMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ (R = Rare Earth) and Ni$_{3}$V$_{2}$O$_{8}$ Invited Speaker: Paul C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A2.00005: Ferroelectricity in frustrated magnets Invited Speaker: Maxim Mostovoy Preview Abstract

Session A3: Bilayer 2D Systems: Interlayer Drag and Spontaneous Coherence

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jim Eisenstein, CalTech
Baltimore Convention Center - Ballroom I

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A3.00001: Coulomb drag experiments in dilute p-GaAs double layer systems Invited Speaker: Ravi Pillarisetty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A3.00002: Many-body effects in low-density strongly-interacting 2D structures: Fermi liquids or not? Invited Speaker: Sankar Das Sarma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A3.00003: Drag resistance of 2D electronic microemulsions Invited Speaker: Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A3.00004: Transition between Composite-Bosons and Composite-Fermions in $\nu={{1} \over{2}} + {{1}\over{2}}$ Quantum Hall Bilayers Invited Speaker: Steven H. Simon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A3.00005: Spectroscopy of Emergent Phases of Electron Bilayers in the Quantum Hall Regime Invited Speaker: Vittorio Pellegrini Preview Abstract

Session A4: Particle Self Assembly

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Maria Santore, University of Massachusetts
Baltimore Convention Center - 308

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A4.00001: DNA-Mediated Colloidal Crystallization, Interactions and Dynamics Invited Speaker: John Crocker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A4.00002: Assembly and Gelation of Four-Armed DNA Dendrimers Invited Speaker: Francis Starr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A4.00003: Directing Colloidal Particle Organization Using Soft Lithography and Polyelectrolyte Assembly Invited Speaker: Paula Hammond Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A4.00004: Symmetry, Equivalence and Self-Assembly Invited Speaker: Jack Douglas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A4.00005: Structured Nanocomposites: Organization of Particles Templated in Self-Assembled PEO-PPO-PEO Mesophases Invited Speaker: Lynn Walker Preview Abstract

Session A5: Advanced Materials for Energy Applications

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 309

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A5.00001: Overview of the Hydrogen Initiative Invited Speaker: M. S. Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A5.00002: Direct Energy Conversion: Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science and Thermoelectrics. Invited Speaker: Mercouri Kanatzidis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A5.00003: Novel Indirect Hydrogen Storage Materials Invited Speaker: Claus Hviid Christensen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A5.00004: Near-surface alloys for improved catalysis. Invited Speaker: Manos Mavrikakis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A5.00005: Materials challenges for solid-state lighting Invited Speaker: E. Fred Schubert Preview Abstract

Session A6: Frontiers of Computational Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
Baltimore Convention Center - 310

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A6.00001: Multiscale Modeling of Solidification Microstructure: Atomic-Scale Simulations of Crystal-Melt Interfaces and Beyond Invited Speaker: Mark Asta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A6.00002: Reliable First-Principles Alloy Thermodynamics via Optimal, Truncated Cluster Expansions Invited Speaker: Duane Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A6.00003: Realistic nanostructures from first-principles: fluxional handles to control the conductance of carbon nanotubes Invited Speaker: Nicola Marzari Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A6.00004: Evolutionary approach for determining first-principles model Hamiltonians Invited Speaker: Gus L. W. Hart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 11:00AM	A6.00005: Prediction of new crystal structure phases in metal borides Invited Speaker: Aleksey Kolmogorov Preview Abstract

Session A7: Bacterial Flagellar Dynamics, Polymorphism, and Conformational Spread

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Phil Nelson, University of Pennsylvania
Baltimore Convention Center - 307

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A7.00001: Theory of polymorphic transformations of flagella Invited Speaker: Thomas Powers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A7.00002: Synchronization of rotating flagella by hydrodynamic interactions Invited Speaker: Holger Stark Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A7.00003: Bacterial Flagellar Transformations Invited Speaker: Nicholas Darnton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:24AM	A7.00004: Spiroplasma swim by a processive change in body helicity. Invited Speaker: Joshua Shaevitz Preview Abstract

Session A8: Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSNP
Chair: P. Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University
Baltimore Convention Center - 314

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A8.00001: The effects of initial seed size and transients on dendritic crystal growth Andrew Dougherty , Thomas Nunnally Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A8.00002: Control of eutectic solidification microstructures through laser spot perturbations Silvere Akamatsu , Kyuyong Lee , Wolfgang Losert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A8.00003: Pattern Formation in a NaCl Crystal undergoing Strain-enhanced Dissolution Zvi Karcz , Deniz Ertas , Richard Polizzotti , Einat Aharonov , Chris Scholz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A8.00004: Controlled Irradiative Formation of Penitentes Vance Bergeron , Charles Berger , M. D. Betterton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A8.00005: Transient growth and controlled side branching of xenon dendrites Marco Fell , J. H. Bilgram Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A8.00006: Late time growth dynamics in the Cahn-Hilliard equation Tmothy S. Sullivan , P. Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A8.00007: Domain Growth in 2D Hexagonal Patterns with Diffuse Interfaces Daniel A. Vega , Leopoldo R. G\'omez , Ricardo J. Pignol Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A8.00008: Oscillatory patterns near the instability threshold in extended systems with reflection symmetry Alexander Nepomnyashchy , Irina Smagin , Vladimir Volpert , Alexander Golovin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A8.00009: Effects of the Deep of Quench on the Mechanisms of Pattern Formation of Sphere Forming Block Copolymers Leopoldo R. G\'omez , Daniel A. Vega , Enrique M. Vall\'es Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A8.00010: Feedback Control of Pattern Formation Liam Stanton , Alexander Golovin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A8.00011: Grain boundary stability in stripe configurations of non potential, pattern forming systems Jorge Vinals , Zhi-Feng Huang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A8.00012: Mesoscale Theory of Grains and Cells: Crystal Plasticity and Coarsening Surachate Limkumnerd , James Sethna Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A8.00013: Numerical Studies of annular electroconvection in the weakly nonlinear regime Peichun Tsai , Zahir A. Daya , Stephen W. Morris Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A8.00014: Demodulation of Electroconvective patterns in Nematic Liquid Crystals Gyanu Acharya , Joshua Ladd , J.T. Gleeson , Iuliana Oprea , Gerhard Dangelmayr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A8.00015: Pattern Formation and Dynamics in Electroconvection of Nematic Liquid Crystals: a Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Weak Electrolyte Model Iuliana Oprea , J.T. Gleeson , Gerhard Dangelmayr Preview Abstract

Session A9: Electronic Structure on Surfaces and in Reduced Dimensions

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Hanno Weitering, University of Tennessee
Baltimore Convention Center - 301

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A9.00001: Single-electron tunneling force spectroscopy of electronic states in nonconducting surfaces Ezra Bussmann , Ning Zheng , Clayton C. Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A9.00002: High Resolution Studies of the Electronic Properties of Graphite and Graphene Shuyun Zhou , Gey-Hong Gweon , Daniel Garcia , Elizabeth Rollings , Catalin Spataru , Steven Louie , Dung-Hai Lee , Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A9.00003: Positron Trapping and Annihilation at Reconstructed Ge(100)-(2x1) and Ge(111)-(2x8) Surfaces Arnab K. Pal , Nail G. Fazleev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A9.00004: Probing electron correlation effects of Ni(111) with STM Kees Flipse , K. Braun , A. Grechnev , M. Katsnelson , K. Rieder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A9.00005: Low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy study on electronic standing waves and step motion on Au(111) surface Hui Wang , Jonghee Lee , Dan Sullivan , Michael Dreyer , Barry Barker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A9.00006: On the inhomogeneous structure and charge transfer of C$_{60}$ monolayer on Ag(001) Xieqiu Zhang , Aidi Zhao , Xudong Xiao , Wei He , Jinlong Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A9.00007: Electronic Effects in the Length Distribution of Si(553)-Au Chains Jason Crain , Mark Stiles , Joseph Stroscio , Daniel Pierce Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A9.00008: An Electronic View of the Step-edge Schwoebel Barrier Problems Yina Mo , Zhenyu Zhang , Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A9.00009: Electronic Structure of NiO (100) and CoO (100) Ultrathin Films on Fe$_{3}$O$_{4 }$(100) Hui-Qiong Wang , Victor Henrich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A9.00010: Modification of Surface States in Ultrathin Films via Hybridization with the Substrate -- a Study of Ag on Ge Shu-Jung Tang , Tom Miller , Tai-Chang Chiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A9.00011: Surface electronic structure of H/Li(110) -- an application of the semi-infinite method. Yonas Abraham , N.A.W. Holzwarth Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A9.00012: Possible superconductivity in hetero-polar interfaces of CuCl/Si superlattices: (001) and (111) S. H. Rhim , R. Saniz , A.J. Freeman , J.J. Yu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A9.00013: Measurement of Valley Splitting in a Si/SiGe 2DEG Point Contact L.M. McGuire , K.A. Slinker , S. Goswami , J.O. Chu , M.A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A9.00014: Quantum effects in the conductivity of high-mobility Si MOSFETs at ultra-low temperatures. Nikolai N. Klimov , Alexander Kuntsevich , Vladimir M. Pudalov , Harry Kojima , Michael E. Gershenson Preview Abstract

Session A10: Focus Session: Physical Chemistry of Nanoscale Systems I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Tim Lian, Emory University; Ken Kuno, University of Notre Dame
Baltimore Convention Center - 302

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A10.00001: “Fluorescence Kinetics in Nanoscale Systems” Invited Speaker: David Nesbitt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A10.00002: Magneto-optical spectroscopy of single CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots H. Htoon , V. I. Klimov , M. Furis , S. A. Crooker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A10.00003: Optical properties of current carrying molecular wires Michael Galperin , Abraham Nitzan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A10.00004: Observation of Synchronous Photoluminescence Intensity Fluctuations within Single CdSe Quantum Wires John Glennon , Rui Tang , William Buhro , Richard Loomis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A10.00005: Plasmons in nearly touching metallic nanoparticles: singular response in the limit of touching dimers Isabel Romero , Javier Aizpurua , Garnett W. Bryant , F. Javier Garcia de Abajo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A10.00006: Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Based on Novel Metal Nanostructures (Aggregates, Nanorods, and Nanoshells) Jin Zhang , Adam Schwartzberg , Leo Seballos , Tammy Oshiro , Chad Talley , Rebecca Sutphen , Yiping Zhao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 10:12AM	A10.00007: Nanoparticle Optics: New Materials, Concepts, and Characterization Methods Invited Speaker: Richard Van Duyne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A10.00008: Dielectric confinement effects on the emission lineshipe of single semiconductor nanocrystals Daniel Gomez , Joel van Embden , Paul Mulvaney Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A10.00009: Semi-empirical Study of a Multi-associated Rotaxane Ki-Ho Lee , Karl Sohlberg Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A10.00010: Unoccupied electronic structure of and CO Chemisorption on ultrathin Ni films Hua Yao , A.G Danese , R.A Bartynski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A10.00011: Are mechanochemistry and thermal chemistry equal?: probing by nanonewton forces. Martin Konopka , Ivan Stich , Dominik Marx Preview Abstract

Session A11: Focus Session: Promises and Challenges in Chemical Dynamics I

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Malcolm Bersohn, University of Toronto
Baltimore Convention Center - 303

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A11.00001: Symmetry breaking and coherent control: the importance of the envelope Invited Speaker: Moshe Shapiro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A11.00002: Coherent Phase Control of the Ionization and Dissociation of Vinyl Chloride Robert J. Gordon , Vishal J. Barge , Zhan Hu , Joyce Willig Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A11.00003: Reaction Control through Coherent Excitation of a Superposition State: Resonant Multiphoton Dissociation-Ionization of Sulfur Dioxide Bing Xue , Jun Han , Hai-Lung Dai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:36AM	A11.00004: Recent Developments in Radiationless Transitions Invited Speaker: Sheng-Hsien Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A11.00005: Energy transfer of highly vibrationally excited azulene: crossed-beam study of collisions between azulene and krypton Chi-Kung Ni Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A11.00006: Systematic degeneracies as a guide to the vibrational dynamics of methanol David Perry Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A11.00007: Vibrationally Enhanced Reactions of Highly Excited Pyridine-d$_{5}$ (E$_{vib}$=38,000 cm$^{-1}$) with Cl Radicals Amy Mullin , Ziman Li , Qingnan Liu Preview Abstract

Session A12: Focus Session: Steps, Growth, and Smoothing

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Mina Yoon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 304

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A12.00001: Crystal Surface Morphological Evolution: From Step Motion to A Continuum Theory Invited Speaker: Dionisios Margetis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A12.00002: Mass Transport in Nano-scale Step Fluctuations Ferenc Szalma , T.L. Einstein , M. Degawa , E.D. Williams , D.B. Dougherty Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A12.00003: Persistence Properties of Interacting Steps: Qualitative Failure of Mean Field Hailu Gebremariam , T. L. Einstein , Chandan Dasgupta Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A12.00004: Debye Model of Steps on Vicinal Crystal Surfaces Howard~L. Richards , Clint~A. Greene Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A12.00005: Step Evolution Toward Equilibrium: Fokker-Planck Approach Ajmi Ben Hamouda , Alberto Pimpinelli , Hailu Gebremariam , T. L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A12.00006: Ab-initio Evaluation of Extended Lattice Gas Interactions of Cu on Cu(111) and Cu(001) T. J. Stasevich , T. L. Einstein , S. Stolbov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A12.00007: Surface Smoothening Mechanism of Plasma-Deposited Amorphous Silicon Thin Films Mayur Valipa , Tamas Bakos , Eray Aydil , Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A12.00008: On the Phase Shift of RHEED Intensity Oscillation during Homoepitaxy by MBE B. Shin , J.P. Leonard , J.W. McCamy , M.J. Aziz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A12.00009: Properties of steps at faceted crystal-melt interfaces from molecular dynamics simulations Dorel Buta , Mark Asta , Jeffrey Hoyt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A12.00010: Ensemble Approach to Vicinal Crystal Surfaces Ryan P. Jacob , Howard L. Richards , T.L. Einstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A12.00011: Growth and Atomic Structure of Periodically Striped Ag Films on a One-dimensional Surface Reconstruction Takashi Uchihashi , Chigusa Ohbuchi , Shigeru Tsukamoto , Tomonobu Nakayama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A12.00012: Mound slope and shape selection during unstable multilayer growth: Exact continuum formulation from a step dynamics model Jim Evans , Maozhi Li Preview Abstract

Session A13: Focus Session: Spectroscopy of Biomolecules from Isolated Molecules to Cell Environment I

Sponsoring Units: DCP DBP
Chair: David Pratt, University of Pittsburgh
Baltimore Convention Center - 305

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A13.00001: Watching proteins function with picosecond X-ray crystallography and molecular dynamics simulations. Invited Speaker: Philip Anfinrud Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A13.00002: Raman spectra of normal and cancerous mouse mammary gland tissue using near infrared excitation energy Vaman Naik , G.K. Serhatkulu , H. Dai , N. Shukla , R. Weber , J.S. Thakur , D.C. Freeman , A.K. Pandya , G.W. Auner , R. Naik , R.F. Miller , A. Cao , M.D. Klein , R. Rabah Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A13.00003: Probing the $\beta $-hairpin local structure by FTIR, 2D IR and ab initio calculations Jianping Wang , Jianxin Chen , Robin M. Hochstrasser Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A13.00004: Spectral Signatures of 3$_{10}$- and $\alpha $-Helices Revealed by Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy Nien-Hui Ge , Hiroaki Maekawa , Claudio Toniolo , Quirinus Broxterman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A13.00005: Terahertz Absorption and Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy of Solvated Biopolymers Jing Xu , Kevin Plaxco , S. James Allen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 10:00AM	A13.00006: Intermediate couplings: NMR at the solids-liquids interface Invited Speaker: Megan Spence Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A13.00007: Time correlation functions in Light Harvesting Complexes embedded in Glassy Hosts Felipe Caycedo , Ferney Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A13.00008: Conformational Dynamics of the Receptor Protein Galactose/Glucose Binding Protein Troy Messina , David Talaga Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A13.00009: Quantifying Energy, Entropy and Free-Energy in Protein Folding Funnels Bernard Gerstman , Prem Chapagain Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A13.00010: Landscape model of protein-DNA search: coupling of folding and sliding. Michael Slutsky , Mehran Kardar , Leonid Mirny Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A13.00011: Modelling Ultra-fast folding proteins Kingshuk Ghosh , S. Banu Ozkan , Ken Dill Preview Abstract

Session A15: Metals: 1D, 2D, 3D

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Duane Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Baltimore Convention Center - 311

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A15.00001: Ultrasmall metal clusters and their interaction with a molecular matrix -- the fullerene-Au model system Petra Reinke , Hui Liu , Helge Kroeger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A15.00002: Simulation of tunneling I-V curves from gold nanocrystals Jianfei Shao , Phillip First Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A15.00003: Modeling of UV laser-induced patterning of ultrathin Co films on bulk SiO2: verification of short- and long-range ordering mechanisms Justin Trice , Christopher Favazza , Ramki Kalyanaraman , R. Sureshkumar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A15.00004: X-Ray Study of the Epitaxial Growth of Magnetron Sputtered Ni-Al Thin Films Wolfgang Donner , Noureddine Anibou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A15.00005: Two-dimensional magic Ag nanopucks on Pb quantum islands Y.P. Chiu , L.W. Huang , C.M. Wei , C.S. Chang , Tien T. Tsong Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A15.00006: Geometric and Electronic Structure of Self-Assembled Monolayers Grown on Noble Metal Substrates: Dodecanethiol on Au, Ag, Cu, and Pt Heike Geisler , Lauren Powell , Shawn Huston , Tim Sweeney , Daniel Borst , Carl Ventrice Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A15.00007: Scanning tunneling microscopy study of the charge density wave in rare-earth tritellurides Aleksandra Tomic , Christos Malliakas , Hyun-Jeong Kim , Mercouri Kanatzidis , Simon Billinge , Stuart Tessmer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A15.00008: Electronic Structure of Ultra-thin Graphite Gey-Hong Gweon , Elizabeth Rollings , Shuyun Zhou , Bongjin Mun , Alexei Fedorov , P. N. First , W.A. de Heer , Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A15.00009: Transverse Plasmon Wakes in the Electron Gas Zachary Levine , Eric Cockayne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A15.00010: Optical conductivity of MnN: a combined experimental and theoretical study. Walter R. L. Lambrecht , S. Granville , B. J. Ruck , F. Budde , A. Koo , J. E. Downes , H. J. Trodahl , A. Bittar , N. Strickland , G. V. M. Williams , Timothy Learmont , Kevin E. Smith , V. J. Kennedy , A. Markwitz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A15.00011: Europium $L_{2,3}$ and iron $K$-edge x-ray magnetic circular dichroism investigation of ferromagnetic ordering in EuFe$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$ Vemuru Krishnamurthy , Jonathan Lang , Daniel Haskel , George Srajer , Lee Robertson , Brian Sales , David Mandrus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A15.00012: Modeling of LMM-MVV Auger-Auger Coincidence Spectra From Solids R. Sundaramoorthy , A.H. Weiss , S.L. Hulbert , R.A. Bartynski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A15.00013: EuB$_6$ and the Low-Density Double Exchange Model Vitor M. Pereira , J.M.B. Lopes dos Santos , Antonio H. Casto Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A15.00014: Magneto-optical evidence of double exchange in a percolating lattice G. Caimi , A. Perucchi , H.R. Ott , V.M. Pereira , A.H. Castro Neto , A.D. Bianchi , Z. Fisk , L. Degiorgi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A15.00015: Constructing the effective spin model of Mn$_{6}$R$_{6}$ from ab initio calculations Shun Tonooka , Koichi Kusakabe , Hiroki Nakano , Naoshi Suzuki Preview Abstract

Session A16: Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage I

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Louis G. Hector, General Motors
Baltimore Convention Center - 312

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A16.00001: Quaternary Li-B-N-H Hydrides: New Hydrogen-Rich Storage Materials Invited Speaker: Frederick Pinkerton Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A16.00002: Composition dependence of hydrogen and ammonia release in the lithium-boron-nitrogen-hydrogen quaternary system Gregory P. Meisner , Matthew L. Scullin , Frederick E. Pinkerton , Martin S. Meyer , Michael P. Balogh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A16.00003: First-principles Study on Li-N-H System for Hydrogen Storage Takao Tsumuraya , Tatsuya Shishidou , Tamio Oguchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A16.00004: First-principles study of structural properties of Li$_2$NH Amra Peles , Suchismita Sanyal , Mahesh Chandran , Job Rijssenbeek , Mei-Yin Chou Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A16.00005: Theoretical Investigation of the Li amide/Li imide Hydrogen Storage Reaction Jan Herbst , Louis Hector, Jr. Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A16.00006: More insights into LiNH$_2$-(LiH, MgH$_2$) system from DFT studies C. Moys\'{e}s Ara\'{u}jo , Ralph H. Scheicher , Puru Jena , Rajeev Ahuja Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A16.00007: In-situ Neutron Diffraction Studies of the Hydrogen storage material Li$_{3}$N Ashfia Huq , James W. Richardson , Evan R. Maxey , Dhanesh Chandra , Wen-Ming Chien Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A16.00008: Characterization of Lithium Borohydride using Neutron Scattering Techniques Michael Hartman , Jack Rush , Terry Udovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A16.00009: Structural transitions in NaBH4 under pressure Ravhi Kumar , Andrew Cornelius Preview Abstract

Session A17: Focus Session: Structure and Properties of Nanoscale Oxide Films

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: Gennadi Bersuker, SEMATECH
Baltimore Convention Center - 313

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A17.00001: Crystallization and defect formation in HfO$_{2}$ films on silicon. Jacob Gavartin , Alexander Shluger , Marshall Stoneham , Gennadi Bersuker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A17.00002: Observation of Oxygen Bridging at the Si-SiO$_2$ Interface Philip Batson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 9:00AM	A17.00003: Atomic-level imaging and properties of stray Hf atoms in Si-SiO$_{2}$-HfO$_{2}$ nanoscale structures. Invited Speaker: Stephen Pennycook Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A17.00004: Characterization of local electronic structure and dielectric properties at a HfO2/SiO2/Si gate dielectric interface. Klaus van Benthem , Sergey Rashkeev , Gennadi Bersuker , Sokrates Pantelides , Stephen Pennycook Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A17.00005: Oxygen transport and interfacial layer engineering in high-k metal oxide gate stacks Lyudmila Goncharova , Mateus Dalponte , Eric Garfunkel , Torgny Gustafsson , Gennadi Bersuker , Brendan Foran , Pat Lysaght Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 10:00AM	A17.00006: Defects on Magnesium Oxide Surfaces: An STM and ESR Study Invited Speaker: Hans-Joachim Freund Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A17.00007: Zintl Concepts for Interface Engineering Alex Demkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A17.00008: One-dimensional PtO$_{2}$ oxide at Pt steps: formation and reaction with CO J.G. Wang , W.X. Li , T.M. Pedersen , B. Hammer , J. Klikovits , M. Schmid , M. Borg , J. Gustafson , A. Mikkelsen , J. Weissenrieder , E. Lundgren , J.N. Andersen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A17.00009: Ultrathin TiO$_{x}$ films on Pt(111) Gaetano Granozzi , Francesco Sedona , Klaus Schierbaum Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A17.00010: Surface structure of alumina ultrathin film grown on Ni3Al (111) studied by nc-AFM Claude R. Henry , Clemens Barth , Guido Hamm Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A17.00011: Oxygen storage and release by Ceria: New insights into the mechanism based on STM Friedrich Esch , Stefano Fabris , Cristina Africh , Cecilia Blasetti , Paolo Fornasiero , Renzo Rosei , Giovanni Comelli Preview Abstract

Session A18: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Growth I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Arnold, Northwestern University
Baltimore Convention Center - 315

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A18.00001: Super Growth Carbon Nanotubes Invited Speaker: Kenji Hata Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A18.00002: Density functional study of cyclacene-based carbon nanotubular compounds. Shinya Okano , Glen P. Miller , David Tomanek Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A18.00003: The mechanism for low temperature growth of vertically aligned boron nitride nanotubes Jiesheng Wang , Ming Xie , Yoke Khin Yap Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A18.00004: Selective Growth of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes from Superparamagnetic Maghemite Rama Balasubramanian , Richard Grant , Paola Barbara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A18.00005: Controlling the height of CVD-grown multi-wall nanotube arrays Michael Stadermann , Sarah Sherlock , Brian Dick , Hyung-Gyu Park , Alexander Artyukhin , William Pitz , Alexander Noy , Olgica Bakajin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A18.00006: Real-Time Study of the Kinetics of Vertically Aligned Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Array Nucleation and Growth Gyula Eres , H. Cui , C. M. Rouleau , A. A. Puretzky , D. B. Geohegan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A18.00007: Defect induced modification in thermal property of Regioreguler Poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanotube composites Ananta Adhikari , Chang Ryu , Pullickel Ajayan , Hassaram Bakhru Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A18.00008: Effect of graphitic order on the electron field emission of carbon nanotube films Benjamin Ulmen , Vijaya Kaystha , Yoke Khin Yap Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A18.00009: Structure and Applications of Nanoporous Carbon Mikael Wood , Jacob Burress , Robert Schott , Demetrius Taylor , Peter Pfeifer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A18.00010: Boron-doped SWNTs for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding P. Eklund , D. Narehood , N. DiTrolio , N. Andrews , U.J. Kim , X.M. Liu , H.R. Gutierrez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A18.00011: Detachment and re-attachment of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube films Yoichi Murakami , Shigeo Maruyama Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A18.00012: Fabrication and characterization of nanopatterned ultrathin epitaxial graphite films. Zhimin Song , Xuebin Li , Tianbo Li , Claire Berger , Phillip First , Walter A. De Heer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A18.00013: Structural modification of boron nitride nanotubes by plasma irradiation Takashi Ikuno , Gavi Begtrup , Shaul Aloni , Andras Kis , David Okawa , Alex Zettl Preview Abstract

Session A19: Focus Session: Optical and Electrical Spin Generation in Semiconductors

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara
Baltimore Convention Center - 316

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A19.00001: Spatial Imaging and Mechanical Control of Spin Coherence in Strained GaAs Epilayers Hadrian Knotz , Vanessa Sih , Jason Stephens , David Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A19.00002: Generating spin currents mechanically in a semiconductor Prashant Sharma Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A19.00003: Adiabatic quantum pumping of a desired ratio of spin current to charge current Sungjun Kim , Kunal Das , Ari Mizel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A19.00004: Theory of coherent optical generation of ballistic spin currents Invited Speaker: John Sipe Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A19.00005: Ballistic-diffusive crossover in spin propagation and precession Chris Weber , Joe Orenstein , Jason Stephens , David Awschalom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A19.00006: Dissipation through spin Coulomb drag in electronic spin transport and optical excitations Irene D'Amico , Carsten A. Ullrich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A19.00007: Inhomogeneously-doped semiconductor junctions as a source of~ spontaneous spin polarization Yunong Qi , Michael Flatt\'{e} Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A19.00008: Enhancement and suppression of spin density polarization due to inhomogeneous electric fields Dan Csontos , Sergio Ulloa Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A19.00009: Spin polarization amplification within nonmagnetic semiconductors at room temperature Soon-Wook Jung , Hyun-Woo Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A19.00010: Spin currents in the presence of non-uniform fields. Adnan Rebei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A19.00011: Magneto-Oscillations of Current-Induced Spin Polarization in 2DEG Maxim Vavilov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A19.00012: Spontaneous Spin Polarization in Quantum Wires A. D. Klironomos , J. S. Meyer , K. A. Matveev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A19.00013: Spin-polarized current created by quantum point contacts with spin-orbit interaction Mikio Eto Preview Abstract

Session A20: Focus Session: Complex Oxide Thin Films Surfaces and Interfaces I: Superlattice Fabrication and Properties

Sponsoring Units: DMP GMAG
Chair: John Mitchell, Argonne National Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 317

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A20.00001: An atomic-scale view of the structure and electronic properties of manganite thin films and superlattices. Invited Speaker: Maria Varela Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A20.00002: Doping without Disorder: Digital Synthesis of Manganite Superlattices Anand Bhattacharya , Xiaofang Zhai , Maitri Warusawithana , Jerald Kavich , John Freeland , Jim Eckstein , Sam Bader Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A20.00003: Electronic Interfacial Effects in Epitaxial Heterostructures based on LaMnO$_{3}$. Hans M. Christen , M. Varela , H.N. Lee , D.H. Kim , M.F. Chisholm , C. Cantoni , L. Petit , T.C. Schulthess , D.H. Lowndes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A20.00004: Phase Separation in Ferromagnetic/Charge-ordered Superlattices T. Zac Ward , Jianxing Ma , Dane Gillaspie , Hong-Ying Zhai , E. Ward Plummer , Jian Shen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A20.00005: New metallic interface state in oxide artificial superlattices investigated by optical spectroscopy Sung Seok A. Seo , Woo Seok Choi , Kyungwan Kim , Ho Nyung Lee , Li Yu , Christian Bernhard , Tae Won Noh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A20.00006: Understanding the atomic structure of epitaxial SrTiO$_{3}$-GaAs (001) hetero-interfaces. Robert Klie , Yimei Zhu , Yong Liang , Eric Altman , Weronika Walkosz , Juan-Carlos Idrobo , Serdar Ogut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A20.00007: Magnetic properties of La$_{2/3}$Sr$_{1/3}$MnO$_{3}$/Pr$_{2/3}$Ca$_{1/3}$MnO$_{3}$ superlattices Dario Niebieskikwiat , Luis Hueso , Myron Salamon , Neil Mathur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A20.00008: Strong interaction of ultra thin cuprate superconductor and ferromagnetic manganites Xiaofang Zhai , James Eckstein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A20.00009: Oscillatory behavior of the magnetoresistance of F/S/F trilayers Norbert M. Nemes , M. Garcia-Hernandez , V. Pe\~na , Z. Sefrioui , J. Garcia-Barriocanal , C. Visani , D. Arias , C. Leon , J. Santamaria , S.G.E. te Velthuis , A. Hoffmann Preview Abstract

Session A21: Colloids I: Emulsions, Foams, and Suspensions

Sponsoring Units: DFD
Chair: P. Chaikin, New York University
Baltimore Convention Center - 318

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A21.00001: Bubble size distribution in a steady-state column of aqueous foam. Klebert Feitosa , Douglas J. Durian Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A21.00002: Rheology of Foams Bubble by Bubble Stephan Koehler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A21.00003: Pattern formation in flowing foams. Soma Sanyal , James Glazier Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A21.00004: Rigidity percolation in foamy sands Sylvie Cohen-Addad , Reinhard Hohler , Marcel Krzan , Marijo Marinic , Benjamin Herzhaft Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A21.00005: Diffusive liquid transport in poroelastic materials : the case of foams in microgravity Arnaud Saint-Jalmes , Sebastien Marze , Hernan Ritacco , Dominique Langevin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A21.00006: Structure and dynamics of foam-like emulsions Vinothan Manoharan , John C. Crocker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A21.00007: Mean Field Theory of Foam Aging Olivia Halt , Randall Kamien Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A21.00008: Emulsions Droplet Capture Mechanism in Porous Media Khalil Zeidani , Marcel Polikar Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A21.00009: Wigner Crystals from Charge Stabilized Water in Oil Emulsions Mirjam E. Leunissen , Alfons van Blaaderen , Andrew D. Hollingsworth , Matt Sullivan , Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A21.00010: Microrheological Study of the Time Dependent Gelation of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Suspensions D.T.N. Chen , L.A. Hough , M.F. Islam , A.G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A21.00011: Yielding and flow of soft particle dispersions: the role of elasto-hydrodynamic interactions. Michel Cloitre , Jyoti Seth , Roger Bonnecaze Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A21.00012: Mixture Stress in a Non-Uniform Suspension Quan Zhang , Andrea Prosperetti Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A21.00013: Brownian Motion of an ellipsoid Yilong Han , Ahmed Alsayed , Maurizio Nobili , Jian Zhang , Tom Lubensky , Arjun Yodh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A21.00014: Sound propagation in nanofluids X. Xie , R. Annamalai , R. Sooryakumar , D. Stroud , V. Subramaniam , J. Heremans Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A21.00015: Electrokinetic Phenomena of Colloidal Suspensions Jian Liu , Jason Shulman , Yuyi Xue , Feng Chen , Ching-Wu Chu* Preview Abstract

Session A22: Focus Session: Current Driven Magnetization Dynamics I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG FIAP DMP
Chair: Andrew Kent, New York University
Baltimore Convention Center - 319

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A22.00001: Spin-Transfer Effect in Nanopillar Spin Valves With A Thick Polarizing Layer Vlad Pribiag , G.D. Fuchs , P.M. Braganca , N.C. Emley , O. Ozatay , J. Sankey , D.C. Ralph , R.A. Buhrman , I. Krivorotov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A22.00002: Spin-transfer-induced magnetization reversal in bilayer magnetic nanopillars at high fields: dependence on free layer thickness Wenyu Chen , Andrew D. Kent , M.J. Rooks , N. Ruiz , Jonathan Z. Sun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A22.00003: Linewidths for spin-transfer-driven precession in magnetic nanopillars as a function of the direction of applied magnetic field Kiran V. Thadani , J.C. Sankey , I.N. Krivorotov , O. Ozatay , P.M. Braganca , R.A. Buhrman , D.C. Ralph Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A22.00004: Phase Locking of Spin-Transfer Oscillators Invited Speaker: Matthew Pufall Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A22.00005: Probing wavenumbers of current-induced excitations in point-contact experiements Maxim Tsoi , Zhen Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A22.00006: Influence of Electrode Structure on Switching Characteristics in Nanopillar Spin Valves P. M. Braganca , O. Ozatay , A. G. F. Garcia , J. C. Sankey , N. C. Emley , D. C. Ralph , R. A. Buhrman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A22.00007: X-Ray Imaging of Spin Transfer Induced Magnetization Reversal Yves Acremann , J.P. Strachan , V. Chembrolu , S.D. Andrews , T. Tyliszczak , J.A. Katine , M.J. Carey , B.M. Clemens , H.C. Siegmann , J. St\"{o}hr Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A22.00008: Effects of current on the magnetization states of Permalloy nanodisks Sergei Urazhdin , Chia-Ling Chien , Konstantin Guslienko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A22.00009: Spin-mixing effects on magnetic switching, probed by thermoelectric measurements Jean-Philipe Ansermet , Laurent Gravier , Mohamed Abid , Santiago Serrano-Guisan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A22.00010: Universal spin pumping with rf magnetic fields S. M. Watts , C. H. van der Wal , B. J. van Wees Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A22.00011: Spin Transfer in Magnetic Nano Devices with Perpendicular Anisotropy Jian-Ping Wang , Hao Meng Preview Abstract

Session A23: Strongly Correlated Electrons I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Chris Stock, John Hopkins University
Baltimore Convention Center - 320

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A23.00001: High magnetic field thermal-expansion and magnetostriction of URu$_2$Si$_2$ V\'ictor Correa , Timothy Murphy , Eric Palm , Stanley Tozer , Peter Sharma , Neil Harrison , Marcelo Jaime , George Schmiedeshoff , John Mydosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A23.00002: Phonon Thermal Transport of URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$: Broken Translational Symmetry and Strong-Coupling of the ``Hidden Order'' to the Lattice Peter Sharma , N. Harrison , M. Jaime , Y.S. Oh , K.H. Kim , C.D. Batista , H. Amitsuka , J.A. Mydosh Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A23.00003: On Heavy Fermion Superconductivity and Quantum Criticality in the 115 series Kenneth Burch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A23.00004: Quantum Criticality in CeMIn$_{5-x}$Sn$_x$ (M = Rh, Co) Filip Ronning , Ed Bauer , C. Capan , Y. Tokiwa , J.D. Thompson , J.L. Sarrao , R. Movshovich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A23.00005: Superconducting properties of Ce$_{2}$CoIn$_{8}$ N. Hur , T. Park , E. D. Bauer , J. D. Thompson , J. L. Sarrao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A23.00006: Point Contact Spectroscopy Study of the Heavy Fermion Superconductor Pr(Os$_{1-x}$Ru$_x$)$_4$Sb$_{12}$ C. S. Turel , J. Y. T. Wei , N. A. Frederick , W. M. Yuhasz , S. K. Kim , J. Paglione , M. B. Maple Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A23.00007: de Haas van Alphen perspective on the origin of heavy fermions in UPt$_3$ Patrick Rourke , Alix McCollam , Greg McMullan , Mike Norman , Stephen Julian , Andrew Huxley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A23.00008: NMR measurement of spin-spin relaxation (T$_{2})$ of URu$_{2}$Si$_{2}$ Tod Caldwell , Nicholas Curro Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A23.00009: Indications of a Field Dependent Vortex Core Size in CeCoIn$_5$ L. DeBeer-Schmitt , M. R. Eskildsen , C. D. Dewhurst , B. W. Hoogenboom , C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A23.00010: Quantum Criticality in Itinerant Antiferromagnet Cr$_{0.965}$V$_{0.035}$ D.A. Sokolov , G. Strycker , M.C. Aronson , M.C. Bennett , S.E. Nagler , M. Lumsden Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A23.00011: Attractive electron-electron interaction induced by the Bloch band topological field Junren Shi , Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A23.00012: Theory of the helical spin crystal. A candidate for the partially ordered state of MnSi Benedikt Binz , Ashvin Vishwanath , Vivek Aji Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A23.00013: Anomalous quasiparticle transport in the superconducting state of CeCoIn$_{5}$ Yuichi Kasahara , Yasuyuki Nakajima , Koichi Izawa , Kamran Behnia , Yuji Matsuda , Hiroaki Shishido , Rikio Settai , yoshichika Onuki Preview Abstract

Session A24: Semi-Crystalline and Structured Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: N. Sanjeeva Murthy, University of Vermont
Baltimore Convention Center - 321

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A24.00001: Crystalline Structure, Morphology and Gas Transport in Semicrystalline Syndiotactic Polystyrene Brian Olson , Justin Brandt , Sergei Nazarenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A24.00002: Large Strain Requirements for Shear Induced Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene H. Henning Winter , Aadil Elmoumni , Deepak Arora Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A24.00003: Real-time, Depth-Resolved Structure Development of Flow-Induced ``Skin-Core'' Morphologies in Polypropylene. Lucia Fernandez-Ballester , Derek Thurman , Igors Sics , Lixia Rong , Julie Kornfield Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A24.00004: Crystallization in Precision Polyolefins Rufina Alamo , Anindya Ghosal , Emine Boz , Kenneth Wagener , Riqiang Fu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A24.00005: Transitions of Polymers with Precise Oligomethylene Sequences. Bernhard Wunderlich , Wulin Qiu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A24.00006: Ellipsometry as a Probe of Crystallisation Kinetics in Thin Diblock Copolymer Films Jessica L. Carvalho , Michael V. Massa , Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A24.00007: Growth mechanism changes in pseudo-dewetted monolayer poly(ethylene oxide) crystallization Dun-Shen Zhu , Er-Qiang Chen , An-Chang Shi , Stephen Cheng Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A24.00008: Guiding the orientation of polymer crystals by nano-imprint lithography Zhijun Hu , Jean-Fran\c{c}ois Gohy , Vincent Bayot , Alain Jonas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A24.00009: An Atomic Force Microscopy study of the thin film crystallization behavior of blends of poly-(L-lactide) and poly-(D-lactide). Yury Yuryev , Paula Wood-Adams , Josee Brisson , Marie-Claude Heuzey , Charles Dubois Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A24.00010: Spectroscopic Analysis of Unusual Poly (lactic acid) Structures. Kaoru Aou , Guolin Wu , Shuhui Kang , Shaw Ling Hsu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A24.00011: Poly(L-lactic acid) Crystals: From 2D to 3D Suolong Ni , Robert E. Major , Alan R. Esker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A24.00012: Amylose Crystallization From Concentrated Aqueous Solution: Role of Degree of Polymerization John Creek , James Runt , Gregory Ziegler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A24.00013: Diffusion-limited growth of poly (caprolactone) in poly (tert-butyl acrylate) matrices at the air/water interface Bingbing Li , Alan R. Esker Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A24.00014: Crystallization and orientation studies in SWNTs based nanocomposites Tirtha Chatterjee , Ramanan Krishnamoorti , Viktor Hadjiev Preview Abstract

Session A25: Focus Session: Organic Field Effect Transistors

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DMP
Chair: David Martin, University of Michigan
Baltimore Convention Center - 322

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A25.00001: Organic Semiconductors and Nanodielectrics for Flexible, Low Voltage Thin-Film Transistors Invited Speaker: Tobin Marks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A25.00002: Complex Organic Semiconductor Devices Utilizing Threshold Voltage Shifting and Carrier Sign Reversal Howard Katz , Cheng Huang , James West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A25.00003: Improving the electrical characteristics of a solution-processable, anthradithiophene organic semiconductor by solvent vapor annealing Kimberly Dickey , John Anthony , Yueh Lin Loo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A25.00004: Dielectric relaxation in semiconducting regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) Tatiana Psurek , Jan Obrzut Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A25.00005: All Electronic Time of Flight Mobility Measurements in Pentacene Organic Field Effect Transistors Lawrence Dunn , Debarshi Basu , Liang Wang , Ananth Dodabalapur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A25.00006: Infrared Imaging of Charge Injection Landscape in Organic Field-Effect Transistors Zhiqiang Li , Guangming Wang , Na Sai , Daniel Moses , Michael Martin , Massimiliano Di Ventra , Alan Heeger , Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A25.00007: Oligothiphene nanostructure evolution in transition from monolayer to multilayers. Geetha Dholakia , M. Meyyappan , Antonio Facchetti , Tobin Marks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A25.00008: Charge injection and band alignment in organic field effect transistors. Behrang Hamadani , Huanjun Ding , Jacob Ciszek , Yongli Gao , James Tour , Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A25.00009: Structural Determination of Interfaces in Organic Semiconductors using Coherent Bragg Rod Analysis Brandon Chapman , Ronald Pindak , Yizhak Yacoby , Julie Cross , Edward Stern , Christian Kloc Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A25.00010: Transfer Printing of Pentacene Thin-Film Transistors onto Flexible Substrates Daniel Hines , Vince Ballarotto , Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A25.00011: Optical Probe of the Density of Defect States in Organic Thin-Film Transistors Mihaela Breban , Danilo Romero , Vincent Ballarotto , Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A25.00012: Architecture Effects for Transfer-Printed Carbon Nanotube Mat Transistors Vinod Sangwan , Dan Hines , Vincent Ballarotto , Gokhan Esen , Michael Fuhrer , Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A25.00013: ESR Study of Electric-Field Controlled Conductance of Fully-doped Polymers in a Transistor Structure Fang-Chi Hsu , Arthur J. Epstein Preview Abstract

Session A26: Biomolecular Computation

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: Thomas Darden, National Institute of Health
Baltimore Convention Center - 323

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A26.00001: Quantum Mechanical Study of C-Terminal Cleavage Reaction in Inteins Philip Shemella , Saroj Nayak , Brian Pereira , Shekhar Garde , Georges Belfort , Patrick Van Roey , Vicky Derbyshire , Marlene Belfort Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A26.00002: Evolutionary Strategies for Protein Folding Srinivasa Murthy Gopal , Wolfgang Wenzel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A26.00003: Towards predictive molecular dynamics simulations of DNA: electrostatics and solution/crystal environments Volodymr Babin , Jason Baucom , Thomas Darden , Celeste Sagui Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A26.00004: Coarse-grained model of chaperonin-mediated protein folding George Stan , D. Thirumalai , George Lorimer , Bernard Brooks Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A26.00005: Using Molecular Dynamics simulations in the analysis of Electron Spin Resonance spectra Deniz Sezer , Benoit Roux Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A26.00006: Locating structural energy minimum of biological molecules in explicit solvent Eric Dykeman , Otto Sankey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A26.00007: Predicting 3D structures of transient protein-protein complexes Petras Kundrotas , Emil Alexov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A26.00008: Charge transfers from Na atom in (H2O)n clusters and in water solution Takeshi Nozue , Junichi Hoshino , Kazuo Tsumuraya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A26.00009: Coarse-graining protein energetics in sequence variables Fei Zhou , Gevorg Grigoryan , Amy Keating , Gerbrand Ceder , Dane Morgan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A26.00010: MAME Water Model: hydrogen bonding, electrostatic, polarization and van der Waals interactions in water. Eugene Tsiper Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A26.00011: Accurate computation and interpretation of spin-dependent properties in metalloproteins Jorge Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A26.00012: Computational studies of a redox-driven proton pump: Cytochrome c oxidase and biological energy transduction Alexei A. Stuchebrukhov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A26.00013: Ab Initio QM/MM Study of the Ester-hydrolysis Reaction Mechanism in Haloalkane Dehalogenase Yiming Zhang , Yu Zhou , Saroj Nayak , Angel Garcia Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A26.00014: Combining biophysical and bioinformatical approaches for predicting residue's contacts. Emil Alexov , Amber Allardice , Petras Kundrotas Preview Abstract

Session A28: Polymer Blends

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Kalman Migler, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Baltimore Convention Center - 325

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A28.00001: Component Terminal Dynamics in PEO / PMMA Blends Timothy Lodge , Ilan Zeroni , Sahban Ozair Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A28.00002: A molecular dynamics simulation study of the segmental relaxations in model polymer blends Dmitry Bedrov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A28.00003: Dielectric Spectroscopy of Miscible Polymer Blends Wenjuan Liu , Ralph H. Colby , Jane E. G. Lipson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A28.00004: Assessment of the Flory diluent theory to evaluate its applicability in the determination of the amorphous-amorphous interaction energy Rushikesh Matkar , Thein Kyu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A28.00005: Designing Balanced Surfactants for Organizing Immiscible Polymers Megan Ruegg , Benedict Reynolds , Nitash Balsara , Min Lin , David Lohse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A28.00006: The Effect of Copolymer Composition on the Dynamics of Random Copolymers in a Homopolymer Matrix. Sudesh Kamath , Mark Dadmun Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A28.00007: Dynamics of Ternary Mixtures with Photosensitive Chemical Reactions: Designing Three Dimensional Hierarchically Ordered Composites Olga Kuksenok , Rui D.M. Travasso , Anna C. Balazs Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A28.00008: Shear-Induced Crystallization and Rheology Behavior of Isotactic Polypropylene and Poly (ethylene-co-octene) Blend Xia Dong , Kun Meng , Charles C. Han , Yongyan Pang , Dujin Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A28.00009: Eutectic Modeling of Blend Crystallization from the Homogeneous Melt Sudhakar Balijepalli , Jerold Schultz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A28.00010: Interplay Between Two Phase Transitions: Crystallization and Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in a Polyolefin Blend Charles C. Han , Xiaohua Zhang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A28.00011: Rheological modeling relating mesoscopic morphology for polymer blends Yuanze Xu , Wei Yu , Charles C. Han Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A28.00012: Design of Co-Continuous Nanostructured Polymer Blends by Solid-State Shear Pulverization. Ying Tao , Jungki Kim , John M. Torkelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A28.00013: Polymer blends containing Linear Telechelic Supramolecular Polymers Mitchell Anthamatten , Michelle Wrue Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A28.00014: Rheology of blends of dense star-like polystyrene soft nanospheres Ajay Kulkarni , R.M. Kannan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A28.00015: Reactive extrusion: A computational approach. Manoranjan Prusty , Patrick Anderson , Han Goossens , Han Meijer Preview Abstract

Session A29: Experimental Techniques in Biophysics

Sponsoring Units: DBP
Chair: J. P. Landry, University of California, Davis
Baltimore Convention Center - 326

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A29.00001: The healing mechanism for excited molecules near metallic surfaces B. Barbiellini , P.M. Platzman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A29.00002: Pulse-shaping and Fourier Transform Techniques in Multiphoton Microscopy Jennifer Ogilvie , Delphine D\'{e}barre , Emmanuel Beaurepaire , Antigoni Alexandrou , Manuel Joffre Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A29.00003: Templated biomineralization on self assembled protein fibers S. Palmaccio , K. Subburaman , N. Pernodet , S.-Y. Kwak , E. DiMasi , S. Ge , N.L. Yang , M. Rafailovich Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A29.00004: Advances in energy filtered electron tomography for quantitative 3-D phosphorus imaging of cell nuclei Maria A. Aronova , Guofeng Zhang , Richard D. Leapman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A29.00005: Adaptive wave-front correction for multi-photon microscopy using coherence-gated wave-front sensing Markus Rueckel , Winfried Denk Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A29.00006: Label-free optical detection of protein binding on small-molecule ligand microarrays Y. S. Sun , J. P. Landry , X. D. Zhu , T. Bao , K. S. Lam Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A29.00007: Dynamic Dimensional Analysis of \textit{In-Vivo} Microorganisms Using Polarized Light Scattering Willem Van De Merwe , Jozsef Czege Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A29.00008: Fast Cooling and Vitrification of Aqueous Solutions for Cryopreservation Matt Warkentin , Naji Husseini , Viatcheslav Berejnov , Robert Thorne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A29.00009: Active and Passive Microscopic Viscoelastic Response in Poly(Ethylene) Oxide Solutions Olga Latinovic , H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A29.00010: Specifically Detect Vascular Endothelia Growth Factor (VEGF) with Micro Cantilever Resonator Jianhua Gu , Debin Li , David Lederman , Jarod Kabulski , Peter Gannett , Daniel Flynn Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A29.00011: Serial Crystallography: imaging single proteins at a synchrotron David Shapiro , John Spence , R. Bruce Doak , Dmitri Starodub , Uwe Weierstal , Henry Chapman , Stefano Marchesini , Malcolm Howells Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A29.00012: Structural investigations of human hairs by spectrally resolved ellipsometry Benjamin Schulz , D. Chan , M. Ruebhausen , S. Wessel , R. Wepf Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A29.00013: Evanescent Wave Excitation and Raman Spectroscopy of Bacteriorhodopsin on Gallium Nitride Waveguide Structures Alfons Schulte , Sonya Ortiz , Alfred Keller , April Pope , Yu Guo , Heidi Hockel , Eric Johnson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A29.00014: Probing Protein Structural Dynamics Using Microfluidic Diffusional Mixer Based FT-MIR Micro-Spectroscopy Peter Galajda , Robert Austin , Jarmila Gurjarro , Jesus Vega , Cyrus Arian , Aihua Xie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A29.00015: Modeling Electric Fields of Peripheral Nerve Block Needles. James Ch. Davis , Norman E. Anderson , Mark W. Meisel , Jason G. Ramirez , F. Kayser Enneking Preview Abstract

Session A30: Focus Session: Block Copolymer Dynamics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley
Baltimore Convention Center - 327

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A30.00001: A Renormalized Theory of Composition Fluctuations in Polymer Mixtures Invited Speaker: David Morse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A30.00002: An efficient pseudo-spectral algorithm for the RPA response of ordered phases of block copolymer melts Amit Ranjan , David Morse Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A30.00003: Random isotropic structures and possible glass transitions in diblock copolymer melts Chengzhong Zhang , Zhen-Gang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A30.00004: Dynamics of PEO-PMMA diblock copolymers. Javier Sacristan , Chunxia Chen , Janna Maranas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A30.00005: Kinetics of Transition between HEX and Lamellar Phases in a triblock copolymer solution in a selective solvent. Yongsheng Liu , Rama Bansil , Milos Steinhart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A30.00006: Kinetics of HEX-BCC Transition of Cylinders to Spheres: Comparison of Time-resolved SAXS data with a Model of Coupled Anisotropic Fluctuations Rama Bansil , Minghai Li , Milos Steinhart Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A30.00007: Modeling of twist grain boundaries in block copolymers: structure, stability, and motion Xusheng Zhang , Zhi-Feng Huang , Jorge Vinals Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A30.00008: Removal of non-equilibrium microdomain defects in block copolymer thin film simulations August Bosse , Scott Sides , Kirill Katsov , Carlos Garcia-Cervera , Glenn Fredrickson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A30.00009: Mixed Lamellae in Symmetric Diblock Copolymer Thin Films Dong Meng , Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A30.00010: Correlated defect dynamics in block copolymer melts Robert Magerle , Larisa Tsarkova , Armin Knoll Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A30.00011: Dislocation Density and Orientational Order of Spherical Microdomains in Shear-Aligned Block Copolymer Thin Films Andrew Marencic , Mingshaw Wu , Richard Register , Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract

Session A31: Metallic Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Haftel, Naval Research Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 328

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A31.00001: Gold Nanorod/Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Heterojunctions Formed Directly on Surfaces Romaneh Jalilian , Aneta Mieszawska , Francis Zamborini. , Gamini Sumanasekera Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A31.00002: Formation of Silver Nanostructures (nanowires, nanoshells, and nanorods) on MgZnO hexagonal and Cubic Alloys Shiva Hullavarad , Ta Kun Chen , R. Vispute , T. Venkatesan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A31.00003: Oxygen clamps in gold nanowires. Ant\^{o}nio J. R. da Silva , Frederico D. Novaes , Edwin Hobi Jr. , A. Fazzio , Edison Z. da Silva Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A31.00004: Phase transitions in escape processes of metal nanowires J\'er\^ome B\"urki , Charles Stafford , Daniel Stein Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A31.00005: Stability of metal nanowires with multipolar cross sections Charles Stafford , Hakan T\"ureci , J\'er\^ome B\"urki , Daniel Urban , Hermann Grabert , Douglas Stone Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A31.00006: Mechanical testing of slanted and isolated copper nanorods using Atomic Force Microscope* C. Gaire , D.-X. Ye , T.-M. Lu , G.-C. Wang , C. R. Picu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A31.00007: Electron Transport through curved and rolled Two Dimensional Electron Gas Nakul Shaji , Hua Qin , Levente Klien , Mark Eriksson , Robert Blick , Christopher Deneke , Oliver Schmidt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A31.00008: Intensity-Intensity correlations of waves propagating in disordered quasi-one-dimensional geometries Gabriel Cwilich , Luis S. Froufe-Perez , Juan Jose Saenz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A31.00009: Manipulation of nanowires in suspension by ac electric fields D.L. Fan , F.Q. Zhu , R.C. Cammarata , C.L. Chien Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A31.00010: On the Formation of Monatomic Metal Wires A. Hasmy , R. Hernandez , L.C. Rincon , V. Mujica , R.J. Magyar , C. Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A31.00011: Quantum confinement between self-organized Pt nanowires on Ge(001) Nuri Oncel , Arie van Houselt , Jeroen Huijben , Wouter J. van Beek , Ann Sofie Hallb\"{a}ck , Harold J.W. Zandvliet , Bene Poelsema Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A31.00012: Hall of Mirrors Scattering from Impurities in Quantum Waveguides J. Y. Vaishnav , A. Itsara , E. J. Heller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A31.00013: A fine-scale nanostructure in $\gamma$-alumina Gianluca Paglia , Emil Bozin , Simon Billinge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A31.00014: Conversion of CDW TaS$_{3}$ to superconducting TaS$_{2}$ nanowires Yew San Hor , Tao Wu , John F. Mitchell , Peter L. Lee Preview Abstract

Session A32: Fullerenes

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Tunna Baruah, University of Texas, El Paso
Baltimore Convention Center - 329

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A32.00001: The measuring the conductance of carbon fullerene and onion. Makoto Yoshida , Yoshihiko Kurui , Yoshifumi Oshima , Kunio Takayanagi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A32.00002: On the zero-bias anomaly in K-doped $C_{60}$ on Ag(100) Noah Bray-Ali , Amy Khoo , Jeffrey Neaton , Steven Louie , Ryan Yamachika , Andre Wachowiak , Michael Crommie , Joel Moore Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A32.00003: Ab initio modeling of STM elastic and inelastic tunneling spectra of tetramantane on Au(111) surface. Emmanouil Kioupakis , R. Yamachika , Y. Wang , X.H. Lu , M.F. Crommie , Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A32.00004: Anomalous electric conductivity in C60-Ag co-deposited films at low temperature Genki Yoshikawa , Yuki Tsuruma , Susumu Ikeda , Koichiro Saiki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A32.00005: Novel orientational ordering in a K-doped C$_{60}$ monolayer Ryan Yamachika , Yayu Wang , Andre Wachowiak , Michael Grobis , Dung-Hai Lee , Amy Khoo , Steven Louie , Michael Crommie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A32.00006: Study of Trapping Sites for Beryllium Atom in C$_{60}$-Fullerene and Electron Capture for $^{7}$Be Nucleus. Lee Chow , Archana Dubey , Gary S. Collins , R.H. Scheicher , R.H. Pink , Dip N. Mahato , T.P. Das Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A32.00007: Novel Silicon-Carbon Nanostructures: A DFT Study on the Stability of Si$_{60}$C$_{2n}$ (n= 3, 10, 12) Clusters. A. Srinivasan , M.N. Huda , A.K. Ray Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A32.00008: What is the Goundstate Structure of Intermediate-sized Carbon Clusters? M. Yu , I. Chaudhuri , C.S. Jayanthi , S.Y. Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A32.00009: Electronic structure and electron-phonon coupling in carbon diamondoids studied by scanning tunneling microscopy Yayu Wang , X.H. Lu , R. Yamachika , A. Wachowiak , E.S. Kioupakis , S.G. Louie , M.F. Crommie , J.E. Dahl , S.G. Liu , R.M.K. Carlson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A32.00010: NMR Probes of the Molecular Orientational Dynamics of the Endohedral Fullerene Sc$_{3}$N@C$_{80}$. Joe Martindale , Krzysztof Gorny , Charles Pennington , Page Phillips , Steven Stevenson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A32.00011: Towards Implementation of a Solid State Quantum Computer Based on Endohedral Fullerenes D.V. Pelekhov , P. Banerjee , I.H. Lee , K.C. Fong , Yu. Obukhov , J. Martindale , P. C. Hammel , J.P. Phillips , S. Stevenson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A32.00012: Quasi Small-World Nanomaterials : Quantum Studies M.A. Novotny , Jeremy Yancey , Steven Gwaltney , Serkan Caliskan Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A32.00013: Dynamics of Bulk vs. Nanoscale WS$_2$: Local Strain and Charging Effects J. L. Musfeldt , S. Brown , R. D. Luttrell , J. Cao , R. Rosentsveig , R. Tenne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A32.00014: Collective excitations in concentric metallic nanoshells Shyamalendu Bose , Edward Zale Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A32.00015: A $^{13}$C NMR Spectroscopic Investigation of Carbon Nanohorns Hideto Imai , Panakkattu Babu , Eric Oldfield , Andrzej Wieckowski , Daisuke Kasuya , Takeshi Azami , Yuichi Shimakawa , Masako Yudasaka , Yoshimi Kubo , Sumio Iijima Preview Abstract

Session A33: Focus Session: Econophysics

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Mark Newman, University of Michigan
Baltimore Convention Center - 336

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A33.00001: Statistical Mechanics of Money, Income, and Wealth Invited Speaker: Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A33.00002: A study of personal income distributions in Australia and Italy Anand Banerjee , Victor Yakovenko Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A33.00003: An out-of-equilibrium price model for Gamma-Pareto distributions of wealth and income Nicola Scafetta , Sergio Picozzi , Bruce J. West Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A33.00004: Boltzmann--Gibbs distribution of fortune and broken time reversible symmetry in econodynamics Ping Ao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A33.00005: The Inequality Process as a Wealth Maximizing Process John Angle Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A33.00006: Econo-Thermodynamics: The Nature of Economic Interactions Juergen Mimkes Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A33.00007: Correlation between the Gini index and the observed prosperity Igor Mazin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A33.00008: Reflection on econophysics by a statistician Samuel Kotz Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A33.00009: Proposal of a New SI Base Unit for Value. An Hedonic Estimation of the Physical Purchasing Power (PhPP) of Money. Steivan Defilla Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A33.00010: Wealth per capita in inhomogeneous wealth distributions model of self-organized hierarchies Marcelo Castillo-Mussot , Gerardo Naumis , Luis Perez , Gerardo Vazquez-Fonseca Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A33.00011: A Statistical Approach to Project Cost Estimation: Modeling the Stochastic Component of the Projected Cost Doru Velea , Anatoley Zheleznyak Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A33.00012: Statistical Anomalies of the Project Cost and Stock Market Fluctuations Anatoley Zheleznyak , Doru Velea Preview Abstract

Session A35: Focus Session: Nanoscale Thermal, Thermoelectric and Mass Transport: Measurement and Characterization

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Heiner Linke, University of Oregon
Baltimore Convention Center - 338

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A35.00001: Nanoscale, phonon-coupled calorimetry with sub-attojoule/kelvin resolution Invited Speaker: Warren Fon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A35.00002: Thermal relaxation below 1 K by phonons and photons in metallic nanostructures Ilari Maasilta , Jenni Karvonen , Panu Koppinen , Lasse Taskinen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A35.00003: Profiling the Seebeck Coefficient of III-V Superlattice Structures with nanometer resolution using Scanning Thermoelectric Microscopy (SThEM) Jianlong Li , Alexander Khajetoorians , Ho-Ki Lyeo , Colin Folta , Ali Shakouri , Li Shi , Chih-Kang Shih Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A35.00004: A modified high-resolution TEM for thermoelectric properties measurements of nanowires and nanotubes C. Dames , C. T. Harris , S. Chen , J. Y. Huang , Z. F. Ren , M. S. Dresselhaus , G. Chen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A35.00005: Bi nanobelts, nanocubes and their thermoelectric properties Wenzhong Wang , Shuo Chen , Jianyu Huang , Zhifeng Ren , T. Harris , Gang Chen , M. Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A35.00006: Bismuth Nanobelts for Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance Xu Zhao , Ming Tang , Gang Chen , M. S. Dresselhaus , Zhifeng Ren Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A35.00007: Facet-edge fluctuations on finite volume crystallites* Masashi Degawa , William Cullen , Ellen Williams Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A35.00008: Pb-based Nanomaterials for Thermoelectric Application Bed Poudel , Dezhi Wang , Lili Chen , Wenzhong Wang , Yi Ma , Zhifeng Ren , Qing Hao , Hohyun Lee , Gang Chen , Mildred S. Dresselhaus Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A35.00009: Nanoscale clusters in the thermoelectric AgPb$_{m}$SbTe$_{m+2}$ and Ag$_{n}$Sn$_{m}$Sb$_{n}$Te$_{m+2n}$ materials He Lin , Emil Bozin , Khang Hoang , S.D. Mahanti , Simon Billinge , Eric Quarez , John Androula , Mercouri Kanatzidis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A35.00010: Thermal conductivity of nanoparticle suspensions David Cahill , Shawn Putnam Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A35.00011: Thermal Conductance of metal-metal interfaces Bryan Gundrum , David Cahill , Robert Averback Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A35.00012: Thermal conductance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic interfaces Zhenbin Ge , Paul Braun , David Cahill Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A35.00013: Interfacial thermal transport at Liquid-Liquid and Biomolecular Interfaces Pawel Keblinski , Natalia Shenogina , Harshit Patel , Shekhar Garde Preview Abstract

Session A36: Structural, Optical, and Electronic Properties of Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Stefan Badescu, Naval Research Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 339

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A36.00001: 3-D Structure of Semiconductor Nanomaterials Ilke Arslan , Nigel Browning , Timothy Yates , Jenna Tong , Paul Midgley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A36.00002: Propagation of coherence in X-ray Optics for Nanocrystallography Mengning Liang , Ian Robinson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A36.00003: X-ray Studies of Ultrathin Wires and Tubes in Nanoscale Confinement Jonathan M. Logan , Oleg G. Shpyrko , Eric D. Isaacs , Rafael Jaramillo , Yejun Feng , Jeffrey W. Elam , David J. Cookson , Michael J. Pellin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A36.00004: Three-dimensional Structure of Nanoparticles from High-energy X-ray Diffraction and Atomic Pair Distribution Function Analysis Valeri Petkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A36.00005: Anomalous scattering and PDF analysis of HgSe nanoclusters in zeolites using synchrotron X-ray radiation M. Castro-Colin , M. Abeykoon , S.C. Moss , W. Donner , E. Anokhina , A.J. Jacobson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A36.00006: Amorphous-Ge Nanocluster Formation During Ion Implantation I.D. Sharp , D.O. Yi , C.W. Yuan , Q. Xu , C.Y. Liao , J.W. Ager III , Daryl Chrzan , E.E. Haller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A36.00007: A Computational Investigation of the Structure and Optical Properties of Nanoconfined Semiconducting Polymers M.L. Drummond , B.G. Sumpter , M.D. Barnes , W.A. Shelton, Jr. , R.J. Harrison Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A36.00008: Single-particle energy levels and interparticle Coulomb interactions in CdSe quantum dots measured by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Lucian Jdira , Peter Liljeroth , Eric Stoffels , Daniel Vanmaekelbergh , Sylvia Speller Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A36.00009: Optical Phonons and Multiphonon Raman Scattering in Spherical PbSe Quantum Dots Sergei Klimin , Vladimir Fomin , Jozef Devreese , Yul Hyun , Frank Wise Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A36.00010: Power dependent spectral diffusion in single CdSe quantum dots Y. Shen , L. Pang , K. Tetz , Y. Fainman , M. Griswold , Sen Yang , L.V. Butov , L.J. Sham Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A36.00011: Experimental and numerical confirmation of composite diffracted evasnescent-wave (CDEW) model for enhanced transmission of subwavelength apertures Henri J. Lezec , Tineke Thio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A36.00012: Transport Properties of Gold Nanoparticle Arrays at Low Temperatures T. Tran , I. Beloborodov , X.M. Lin , V. Vinokur , P. Jiang , W. Kang , H. Jaeger Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A36.00013: Observation of Optical Signature of the Aharonov-Bohm Phase in Type-II Quantum Dots Igor Kuskovsky , W. MacDonald , M.C. Tamargo , A.O. Govorov , X. Wei , M. Tadic , F.M. Peeters Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A36.00014: Observation of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect in Self-Assembled InGaAs/GaAs Nano-Volcanoes N.A.J.M. Kleemans , P. Offermans , J.H. Wolter , P.M. Koenraad , I.M.A. Bominaar-Silkens , U. Zeitler , P.C.M. Christianen , J.C. Maan , D. Granados , J.M. Garc\'{\i}a , V.M. Fomin , V.N. Gladilin , J.T. Devreese Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A36.00015: Mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in a coupled quantum dot system Kazutaka Takahashi , Tomosuke Aono Preview Abstract

Session A38: Superconductivity-Vortex Matter

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Wai Kwok, Argonne National Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 341

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A38.00001: Josephson-vortex states in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+y}$ Kazuto Hirata , Shuuichi Ooi , Takashi Mochiku Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A38.00002: Vortex phase diagram of nearly stoichiometric Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ single crystal Noriko Chikumoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A38.00003: Melting of vortex solid phase in irradiated Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$ single crystals in tilted magnetic fields Jovan Mirkovic , Sergey Savel`ev , Hirokazu Sato , Takashi Yamamoto , Itsuhiro Kakeya , Franco Nori , Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A38.00004: Field dependence of the lock-in transition of Josephson vortex in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ mesoscopic crystals Itsuhiro Kakeya , Yuimaru Kubo , Masashi Kohri , Takashi Yamamoto , Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A38.00005: Vortex phase diagram from $^{17}$O NMR study in single crystal BSCCO Bo Chen , William Halperin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A38.00006: Anomalous angular dependence of the $c$-axis resistivity in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+x}$ mesas Takashi Tachiki , L. Ozyuzer , C. Kurter , U. Welp , A. Koshelev , D. Hinks , K. Gray , W. Kwok , K. Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A38.00007: Thermal depinning and transverse-field tilting transitions in a planar vortex array pinned by a columnar defect Leo Radzihovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A38.00008: RF-induced flux lattice annealing (RIFLA) in the electron-doped superconductor Pr$_{1.85}$Ce$_{0.15}$CuO$_{4-y}$. W.G. Clark , Guoqing Wu , S.E. Brown , R.L. Greene , H. Balci Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A38.00009: Ground state of interlayer Josephson vortex systems: General description based on energy landscape Yoshihiko Nonomura , Xiao Hu Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A38.00010: Vortex dynamics investigated using low temperature scanning tunneling microscope: collective motion and collective pinning of vortices in NbSe$_{2}$ Jonghee Lee , Wang Hui , Dan Sullivan , Michael Dreyer , Barry I. Barker , Pavel Shuk , Mark Higgins , Eva Y. Andrei Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A38.00011: Observation of the Signatures of Glassy Vortex Dynamics in 2$H$-NbSe$_{2 }$ Xu Du , Guohong Li , Eva Y. Andrei , Mark J. Higgins , Pavel Shuk , Martha Greenblatt Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A38.00012: Thermodynamic Measurements at the Bragg Glass Transition in Nb N. D. Daniilidis , I. K. Dimitrov , V. Mitrovic , C. Elbaum , X. S. Ling Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A38.00013: Vortex chains decoration in anisotropic spin-triplet superconductor Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ Klaus Hasselbach , Voicu Dolocan , Ying Liu , Pascal Lejay , Dominique Mailly Preview Abstract

Session A39: Focus Session: Magnesium Diboride and Related Compounds: Multi Gap Superconductivity

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Lance Cooley, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 342

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A39.00001: Current-induced phase textures and pairbreaking in multilayered structures and two-gap superconductors. Alex Gurevich , Valerii Vinokur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A39.00002: Theory of superconducting fluctuations in magnesium diboride Andrei Varlamov , Alexei Koshelev , Valerii Vinokur Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A39.00003: Multi-Gap Superconductivity in MgB$_{2}$: Magneto-Raman Spectroscopy A. Mialitsin , B.S. Dennis , G. Blumberg , N. D. Zhigadlo , J. Karpinski Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A39.00004: Feshbach shape resonance in a superlattice of superconducting layers: the case of aluminum doped magnesium diboride A. Bianconi , M. Filippi , M. Fratini , V. Palmisano , L. Simonelli , N. L. Saini , E. Liarokapis Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A39.00005: Ground electronic state of MgB$_{2}$: Intrinsic nonadiabatic state at broken translation symmetry. Pavol Banacky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A39.00006: Elucidating strong coupling between $E_{2g} $ phonon mode and electrons in MgB$_{2}$ Richard Perez , Yong-Jihn Kim , Oswald Uwakeh , Eric Hellstrom Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A39.00007: Electron phonon coupling and phonon renormalization in covalent metals Peihong Zhang , Steven G. Louie , Marvin L. Cohen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A39.00008: Hole-doped diamond: a 3D version of MgB2? Jens Kortus , Lilia Boeri , Ole Krogh Andersen Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A39.00009: Studying the electronic structure in pure and electron doped MgB$_{2}$ Y. Zhu , R.F. Klie , L. Wu , J.C. Zheng , L.D. Cooley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A39.00010: MgB$_{2}$; Al and C doping, $\sigma $-band filling and anisotropy reduction Sabina Ruiz-Chavarria , Pablo de la Mora , Gustavo Tavizon Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A39.00011: Electrons and phonons in the hexagonal layered superconducting alloy CaAl$_{2-x}$Si$_x$ Giovanni B. Bachelet , Lilia Boeri , Matteo Giantomassi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A39.00012: Direct observation of superconducting gap anisotropy in YNi$_{2}$B$_{2}$C : Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy Teruhisa Baba , Takayoshi Yokoya , Shunshuke Tsuda , Shik Shin , Tadataka Watanabe , Minoru Nohara , Hideaki Takagi , Tamio Oguchi Preview Abstract

Session A40: Quantum Entanglement

Sponsoring Units: TGQI DCMP
Chair: Christopher Fuchs, Bell Labs & Lucent Technologies
Baltimore Convention Center - 343

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A40.00001: A set of entanglement monotones for characterising experimental data Peter Love , Alec Maassen van den Brink , Mohammed Amin , Anatoly Smirnov , Miroslav Grajcar , Evgeni Il'ichev , Andrei Izmalkov , Alex Zagoskin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A40.00002: Dynamic learning of an experimental entanglement witness for an n-qubit system Kathleen Walsh , Elizabeth Behrman , James Steck , Steven Skinner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A40.00003: Dynamics and scaling of multi-partite entanglement Florian Mintert Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A40.00004: The entanglement entropy and the Berry phase in solid states Shinsei Ryu , Yasuhiro Hatsugai Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A40.00005: Multiparticle interference, GHZ entanglement, and full counting statistics Heung-Sun Sim , Eugene V. Sukhorukov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A40.00006: Correlations in a multi-qubit state D.L. Zhou , B. Zeng , Z. Xu , L. You Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A40.00007: Entanglement of overlapping systems and the breakdown of the tensor product Matthew Leifer Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A40.00008: Modelling Pauli measurements on arbitrary stabilizer states via local hidden variables assisted by classical communication Matthew Elliott , Bryan Eastin , Carlton Caves , Jonathan Barrett , Stefano Pironio Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A40.00009: Quantum Chaos, Localization, and Entanglement in Disordered Heisenberg Models Winton Brown , David Starling , Lea Santos , Lorenza Viola Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A40.00010: Entanglement Scaling at Quantum Phase Transitions in Correlated Electron Systems Daniel Larsson , Henrik Johannesson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A40.00011: Coherent Interaction of Spins Induced by Thermal Bosonic Environment. Denis Tolkunov , Dmitry Solenov , Vladimir Privman Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A40.00012: Entanglement entropy of random quantum critical points with general spin Joel Moore , Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A40.00013: Local Entanglement and Quantum Phase Transition in Spin Models Shi-Jian Gu , Guang-Shan Tian , Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A40.00014: Quantum Entanglement in a Spin Ladder with Ring Exchange Jun-Liang Song , Shi-Jian Gu , Hai-Qing Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A40.00015: Entanglement and dissipation in a quantum-dot array. Lesvia Debora Contreras-Pulido , Fernando Rojas , Ramon Aguado Preview Abstract

Session A41: Quantum Fluids and Solids

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Haruo Kojima, Rutgers University
Baltimore Convention Center - 344

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A41.00001: Specific heat of liquid He-4 near the superfluid transition and confined in cylindrical channels Tahar Aouaroun , Guenter Ahlers Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A41.00002: Deformation and damage in silica aerogels during fluid filling Tobias Herman , John Beamish Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A41.00003: Cryogenic Pulsed Laser Deposition of Lithium for $^{4}$He Absorption Experiments E. Van Cleve , P. Taborek , J.E. Rutledge Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A41.00004: Acoustic crystallization Sebastien Balibar , Ryosuke Ishiguro , Frederic Caupin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A41.00005: Bose-Einstein Condensation and atomic kinetic energies in liquid $^3$He-$^4$He mixtures Souleymane Diallo , Jonathan Pearce , Richard Azuah , Henry Glyde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A41.00006: Bose-Einstein Condensation in liquid $^4$He films Jonathan Pearce , Souleymane Diallo , Richard Azuah , Tom Arnold , John Larese , Henry Glyde Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A41.00007: Bilayer Thermometers for Third Sound Detection J.D. Cummings , R.B. Hallock Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A41.00008: Anomalous Coupling Between Superfluid Vortices and Curvature Ari Turner , Vincenzo Vitelli , David Nelson Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A41.00009: SQUID NMR Studies of Two-Dimensional $^3$He Films on HOPG ZYX Graphite Jinshan Zhang , Lei Guo , Yuliang Du , C.M. Gould , H.M. Bozler Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A41.00010: Ultrasonic Spectroscopy in Liquid $^{3}$He in 98{\%} Porosity Aerogel by Direct Propagation H.C. Choi , N. Masuhara , J.-H. Park , M.W. Meisel , Y. Lee , N. Mulders Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A41.00011: Transverse acoustic spectroscopy of Superfluid $^{3}$He in compressed aerogel. P. Bhupathi , H. C. Choi , J. Jhaveri , B. H. Moon , Y. Lee Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A41.00012: Spin Relaxation Phenomenon in Superfluid $^3$He A$_1$ H. Kojima , S. Kobayashi , A. Yamaguchi , H. Ishimoto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A41.00013: Measurements of Longitudinal and Transverse NMR Frequencies in Superfluid $^3$He using dc SQUID Detectors Yuliang Du , H.M. Bozler , C.M. Gould Preview Abstract

Session A42: Focus Session: Planetary Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Renata Wentzcovitch, University of Minnesota
Baltimore Convention Center - 345

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A42.00001: Electronic structure and phase transition in iron bearing minerals Invited Speaker: Stefano de Gironcoli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A42.00002: High-to-low spin transition in iron in Magnesiow\"{u}stite: elastic properties Cesar R.S. da Silva , Taku Tsuchiya , Renata M. Wentzcovitch , Stefano de Gironcoli Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A42.00003: Spin state of ferrous iron in perovskite Ryan Requist , Koichiro Umemoto , Renata Wentzcovitch Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A42.00004: Ab Initio Study of Thermodynamics of Fe and Spin Transitions in the Lower Mantle Dane Morgan , Amelia Berta , Kristin Persson , Gerbrand Ceder Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:48AM	A42.00005: Effects of the Spin Transition of Iron in Magnesiow\"{u}stite-(Mg,Fe)O: Applications to the Earth's Lower Mantle Invited Speaker: Jung-Fu Lin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A42.00006: Electronic Spin State and Elasticity of (Mg, Fe)(Si, Al)O3-perovskite at high pressure Li Li , Donald Weidner , John Brodholt , Stephen Stackhouse , Maria Alfredsson , David Price Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A42.00007: Theory of magnesium silicates with bearing Fe and Al in the lower mantle and the Earth's D'' layer Feiwu Zhang , Artem Oganov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A42.00008: High Pressure studies on nanoparticles of gamma Fe$_{2}${O}$_{3}$ Arun Bommannavar , Maddury Somayazulu , Vaman Naik , Ratna Naik Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A42.00009: Composition Dependence of Pressure-Induced Spin Transitions in the (Mg,Fe)SiO3 Perovskite and (Mg,Fe)O Rocksalt System Amelia Berta , Kristin Persson , Gerbrand Ceder , Dane Morgan Preview Abstract

Session A43: Focus Session: Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases and the BCS-BEC Crossover I

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: C. Chin, University of Chicago
Baltimore Convention Center - 346

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A43.00001: A Two-Channel R-Matrix Analysis of Magnetic Field Induced Feshbach Resonances Paul Julienne , Nicolai Nygaard , Barry Schneider Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A43.00002: Many-body Feshbach Hamiltonians in the two-body limit. Nicolai Nygaard , James E. Williams , Paul S. Julienne Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A43.00003: Properties of the BCS-BEC condensate in the BEC regime Jesper Levinsen , Victor Gurarie Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 9:12AM	A43.00004: Studying the BEC-BCS crossover with an ultracold gas of $^{6}$Li atoms Invited Speaker: Johannes Hecker Denschlag Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A43.00005: Radio frequency spectroscopy and the pairing gap in trapped Fermi gases Yan He , Qijin Chen , Kathryn Levin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A43.00006: Dynamical projection of atoms to Feshbach molecules at strong coupling. Roman Barankov , Leonid Levitov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A43.00007: Dressed Feshbach molecules in the BEC-BCS crossover Mathijs Romans , Henk Stoof Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A43.00008: Two-fluid hydrodynamic modes in a trapped Fermi superfluid gas Edward Taylor , Allan Griffin Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A43.00009: Sound in a strongly-interacting Fermi gas Bason Clancy , Le Luo , J. Kinast , J. Joseph , A. Turlapov , J.E. Thomas Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A43.00010: Potential-energy (BCS) to kinetic-energy (BEC)-driven pairing in the attractive Hubbard model Bumsoo Kyung , Antoine Georges , Andre-Marie Tremblay Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A43.00011: Many-body Effects near s- and p-wave Feshbach resonance in BEC-BCS Problem: A Tractable Crossing-symmetric Approach Khandker Quader , Renyuan Liao Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A43.00012: Critical Rotating Frequency for Superfluid Fermionic Gases across Feshbach Resonance Hui Zhai , Tin-Lun Ho Preview Abstract

Session A45: Cuprates and Nickelates

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: John Tranquada, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Baltimore Convention Center - 348

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:12AM	A45.00001: Optical evidence for a magnetically driven structural transition in the spin web Cu$_3$TeO$_6$ L. Degiorgi , G. Caimi , H. Berger , L. Forro' Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:12AM - 8:24AM	A45.00002: Transport Anisotropy due to Spiral Spin Order in Underdoped Cuprates Valeri Kotov , Oleg Sushkov Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:24AM - 8:36AM	A45.00003: High Energy Spin Dynamics in the electron-doped high-T$_{c}$ cuprate Pr$_{.88}$LaCe$_{.12}$CuO$_{4}$ (T$_{c}$=21K) Stephen Wilson , Shiliang Li , Pengcheng Dai , Hyungje Woo , Chris Frost , Herb Mook , Yoichi Ando , Seiki Komiya Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A45.00004: Magnetic and transport properties of lightly doped La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ V. Juricic , M.B. Silva Neto , C. Morais Smith , L. Benfatto , A.O. Caldeira Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A45.00005: High binding energy band structure of Bi-2212 as measured by ARPES K. Mcelroy , J. Graf , G.-H. Gweon , S.Y. Zhou , S. Sahrakorpi , M. Lindroos , R.S. Markiewicz , A. Bansil , H. Eisaki , T. Sasagawa , H. Takagi , S. Uchida , A. Lanzara Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A45.00006: Unidirectional Order and 3D Stacking of Stripes in Orthorhombic $\bf Pr_{1.67}Sr_{0.33}NiO_4$ and $\bf Nd_{1.67}Sr_{0.33}NiO_4$. Markus H\"ucker , John M. Tranquada , Gen D. Gu , Martin v. Zimmermann , Bernd K. B\"uchner Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A45.00007: The ground state of the quasi-one-dimensional cuprate PrBa$_{2}$Cu$_{4}$O$_{8}$: field-induced dimensional crossovers and disorder-induced one-dimensionality Alessandro Narduzzo , Araz Enayati-Rad , Shigeru Horii , Fedor Balakirev , Nigel Hussey Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A45.00008: Lattice fermion models with spontaneous orbital currents in strong-interaction limit Christopher L. Henley Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A45.00009: A proposal for giant spin-orbital resonance in AFM/SDW conductors. Revaz Ramazashvili , Serguei Brazovskii Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A45.00010: Dual vortex theory of doped antiferromagnets Subir Sachdev , Leon Balents Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A45.00011: Strong coupling theory of phonons in the Hubbard Model Shiladitya Chakraborty , Tudor Stanescu , Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A45.00012: Spin Correlations and Magnetic Susceptibilities of Lightly Doped Antiferromagnets I.R. Pimentel , F. Carvalho Dias Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A45.00013: Unconventional antiferromagnetism in the presence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions: the case of La$_{2}$CuO$_{4}$ Lara Benfatto , Marcello Silva Neto Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A45.00014: $^{63,65}$Cu NMR Spectrum and Spin Lattice Relaxation in the Two-dimensional Antiferromagnet Pr$_{2}$CuO$_{4-y}$ G. Gaidos , W.G. Clark , R.L. Greene , B. Liang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A45.00015: Spectroscopy of stripe order in La$_{1.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_{4}$ using resonant soft x-ray diffraction J. Schlappa , C. Schuessler-Langeheine , Z. Hu , C. F. Chang , M. Benomar , H. Ott , O. Friedt , M. Braden , L.H. Tjeng , A. Tanaka , E. Schierle , E. Weschke , G. Kaindl , G.A. Sawatzky , H.-J. Lin , C.T. Chen Preview Abstract

Session A46: Focus Session: Wide Bandgap Semiconductors I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mary Ellen Zvanut, University of Alabama
Baltimore Convention Center - 349

Monday, March 13, 2006 8:00AM - 8:36AM	A46.00001: Efficiency in Piezoelectric GaInN/GaN Green Light Emitting Diodes. Invited Speaker: Christian Wetzel Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:36AM - 8:48AM	A46.00002: Growth and Characterization of III-Nitride LEDs on Vicinal Sapphire Substrates N. Khan , J. Li , J. Y. Lin , and H. X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 8:48AM - 9:00AM	A46.00003: Improvement of AlGaN-based deep-ultraviolet light emitting diodes performance with a nano-textured/roughened sapphire substrate Muhammad Khizar , Yasin Raja Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:00AM - 9:12AM	A46.00004: Growth and Optical Properties of Al rich AlN/AlGaN Quantum Wells T.M. Al tahtamouni , N. Nepal , M.L. Nakarmi , J.Y. Lin , and H.X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:12AM - 9:24AM	A46.00005: Optical properties of Er doped III-nitride epilayers and quantum wells synthesized by MOCVD C. Ugolini , M.L. Nakarmi , N. Nepal , J.Y. Lin , and H.X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:24AM - 9:36AM	A46.00006: Structural and optical properties of GaN films grown on GaAs substrates by molecular beam epitaxy O. Maksimov , V. Heydemann , P. Fisher , H. Du , M. Skowronski , Y. Gong , I. Kuskovsky Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:36AM - 9:48AM	A46.00007: Characterization of stress in thin-film wurtzite GaN grown on c-plane sapphire by molecular beam epitaxy. Francisco Parada , Michael Marciniak , LaVern Starman , Jason Foley , Yung Kee Yeo Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 9:48AM - 10:00AM	A46.00008: The Influence of Phonons and Phonon Decay on the Optical Properties of GaN D. Y. Song , M. Basavaraj , S. A. Nikishin , M. Holtz , V. Soukhoveev , A. Usikov , V. Dmitriev Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00AM - 10:12AM	A46.00009: Bandedge transitions in GaN and AlN at elevated temperatures N. Nepal , M. L. Nakarmi , J. Li , J. Y. Lin , and H. X. Jiang Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:12AM - 10:24AM	A46.00010: Hot carrier dynamics in bulk GaN under short laser pulse excitation S. Rudin , E. Bellotti , G. A. Garrett , M. Wraback Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:24AM - 10:36AM	A46.00011: Nonequilibrium carrier dynamics in AlGaN/GaN surface quantum wells monitored by time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy Y. D. Glinka , J. V. Foreman , W. Davenport , H. O. Everitt , X. Zhang , I. P. Wellnius , J. F. Muth , J. Roberts , P. Rajagopal , J. Cook , E. Piner , K. Linthicum Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:36AM - 10:48AM	A46.00012: Time Resolved Photoluminescence Measurements in hexagonal Mg$_{x}$Zn$_{1-x}$O (x=0.13) alloys Shiva Hullavarad , R. Vispute , S. Dhar , Henry Everitt , John Foreman , I. Takeuchi Preview Abstract
Monday, March 13, 2006 10:48AM - 11:00AM	A46.00013: Optical and magnetic properties of Zn$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$O and ZnCo$_{2}$O$_{4}$ thin films. K. Samanta , P. Bhattacharya , R.S. Katiyar , W. Iwamoto , R.R. Urbano , C.P. Pagliuso , C. Rettori Preview Abstract

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